Time's telescope; or, A Complete guide to the almanack [ed. by J. Millard].John Millard (assistant librarian of the Surrey inst) 1820 |
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... colour and emit the ray of the same pre- cious metals . Some exhibit a rude exterior , like stones in their native state , while others represent their smooth and shining face after they have been submitted to the tool of the polisher ...
... colour and emit the ray of the same pre- cious metals . Some exhibit a rude exterior , like stones in their native state , while others represent their smooth and shining face after they have been submitted to the tool of the polisher ...
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... colours , colours not like those of flowers evanescent and fugitive , but fixed and dura- ble , surviving their subject , and adorning it as much after death as they did when it was alive ; others , again , in the veining and texture of ...
... colours , colours not like those of flowers evanescent and fugitive , but fixed and dura- ble , surviving their subject , and adorning it as much after death as they did when it was alive ; others , again , in the veining and texture of ...
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... coloured eyes which deck so gloriously the peacock's tail are imitated with success by one of our most common butterflies3 . 1 Hence the common names of some of the genus Mantis , the walking leaf and walking - stick . 1 The polished ...
... coloured eyes which deck so gloriously the peacock's tail are imitated with success by one of our most common butterflies3 . 1 Hence the common names of some of the genus Mantis , the walking leaf and walking - stick . 1 The polished ...
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... colour , and more variously shaded , than what any other animals can pretend to . Nor has nature been lavish only in the apparel and ornament of these privileged tribes ; in other respects she has been equally unsparing of her favours ...
... colour , and more variously shaded , than what any other animals can pretend to . Nor has nature been lavish only in the apparel and ornament of these privileged tribes ; in other respects she has been equally unsparing of her favours ...
Strona xv
... the fish , had dyed his ears with that beautiful colour . It seems probable that the antients were capable , from the shells of insects , of communicating to their stuffs many beautiful shades of scarlet with OUTLINES OF ENTOMOLOGY . Xv.
... the fish , had dyed his ears with that beautiful colour . It seems probable that the antients were capable , from the shells of insects , of communicating to their stuffs many beautiful shades of scarlet with OUTLINES OF ENTOMOLOGY . Xv.
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